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Click the links below for information about offerings during Lent:

♦ Lenten Worship Schedule (Feb. 17–Mar. 27), with added evening Masses Monday through Thursday, and Stations of the Cross and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on Fridays

♦ Lenten Retreat led by Bishop Jeffrey Lee, sponsored by the Order of St. Anne, on March 6

♦ Lenten Education Series led by Fr. Kurt Olson at 10 a.m. on five Lenten Sundays

The Third Sunday in Lent
March 7, 2010

Morning Prayer at 7:30 a.m. ♦ Low Mass at 8 a.m. ♦ Sung Mass at 9 a.m.
Lenten Discussion at 10 a.m. with Fr. Kurt Olson on the "Lesser Sacraments"
Confessions 10:30–10:50 a.m. ♦ Church School at 11 a.m. (Parish Library)

Solemn High Mass at 11 a.m.
Mass Setting:
   William Byrd (1543–1623): Mass for Five Voices
Motets:
   Peter Philips (1561–1628): Ave Regina coelorum (a 5)
   Thomas Tallis (1505–1585): O salutaris Hostia (a 5)
Hymn 152: Kind Maker of the world, O hear (A la venue de Noël)
Hymn 927: Take up thy cross, the Savior said (Distress)
Hymn 249: To the Name of our salvation (Grafton)
Hymn 932: Come, ye sinners, poor and needy (I Will Arise)
Hymns 927 and 932 are from the Cantate Domino hymnal supplement.

Organ Recital by David Schrader at 3:30 p.m.
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749): Suite du deuxième ton
Frank Ferko (b. 1950): Symphonie brève

Evensong and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 4 p.m.
Hymn 151: From deepest woe I cry to thee (Aus tiefer Not)
Hymn 550: Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult (Restoration)
Hymn 209 (The Hymnal 1940): O saving Victim (St. Vincent)
Hymn 200 (The Hymnal 1940): Therefore we, before him bending (St. Thomas)
           
The Lord has done great things for us (Ps. 126)
Online resources for making a 2010 pledge commitment:

Pledge_Invitation.pdf (126 KB)
Pledge_2010_Fill-In_Form.pdf (167 KB)


Music_2009_10_Brochure.pdf (131 KB) (Updated Oct. 28)

LAY READER FOR MORNING OR EVENING PRAYER: Opportunities exist for members of the parish who would like to assume a ministry in reading one of the daily offices on a regular basis and serving at the Mass that follows. Instruction will be provided. Please speak with Father Fertig if you have an interest, or call the church office: 312-664-1271.

EXPANDING OUR WEB SITE: Thanks to a generous donation from a parishioner, our Web site's photo galleries will soon be greatly expanded and enhanced. We would also like to implement a streaming-audio capability that would make sound clips available for on-demand listening: musical items, guest speakers, and the like. A streaming video capability is also possible. If you would like to help with the costs of enriching the content of our Web site, please contact the Webmaster for information or make contributions payable to Church of the Ascension and clearly indicate that your contribution is for the Web site expansion; please send your contribution to the church, attention Treasurer. Also include any dedication (In memory of...; In honor of...; In thanksgiving for...) that you would like to make. All contributions will be acknowledged on the site. Thank you for helping present our parish via the Internet!